Charles S. Deneen

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Charles Samuel Deneen
23rd Governor of Illinois
In office 1905 – 1913
Preceded by	Richard Yates
Succeeded by	Edward F. Dunne
Born	May 4, 1863 Edwardsville, Illinois
Died	February 5, 1940 Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Republican

Charles Samuel Deneen (May 4, 1863 – February 5, 1940) was a Republican governor of Illinois, serving from 1905 to 1913, and as a U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1925-1931. Deneen also served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1892. He had also been the lead prosecutor in Chicago's infamous Adolph Luetgert murder trial.

Deneen was born in Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois to Samuel H. Deneen and Mary Frances Ashley. He died in Chicago and was interred there in the Oak Woods Cemetery.

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